As mass migration winds down, Overton Park is for the birds
Some of the first migratory birds showed up in the Memphis area the first week of April, including the prothonotary warbler, which stays all summer to breed. (Courtesy Melissa McMasters)
Local birders will be out Saturday for World Migratory Bird Day, adding to a global ornithological count for the Audubon Society.
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Overton Park Conservancy Tennessee Ornithological Society birds birding Mississippi flywayKeely Brewer
Keely Brewer is a Report for America corps member covering environmental impacts on communities of color in Memphis. She is working in partnership with the Ag & Water Desk, a sustainable reporting network aimed at telling water and agriculture stories across the Mississippi River Basin.
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